Brian Smith's Wireless Workshop

"Tube Testers and Classic Electronic Test Gear"

by Alan Douglas

Tube Testers and Classic Electronic Test Gear provides an overview of pre 1970 (the vacuum tube era) radio test equipment. It begins with an extensive discussion of tube testing and the use of testers, and progresses into curve tracing. The different types of testers, emission, dynamic and mutual conductance are compared and testers from 23 different manufacturers are tabulated and pictured.

The book also covers VOMs, VTVMs, Q Meters, Grid Dip Meters, Capacitance and Inductance Bridges, Signal Generators, Signal Tracers and Oscilloscopes. It includes brief company histories of the manufacturers.

Useful for radio collectors, vacuum tube enthusiasts and historians.
Contains over 300 photos and illustrations

ISBN 1-886606-14-5 .. 172 pages 216 x 280 mm Soft Cover

  • $49.95 ea plus $5.50 p&p

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